Chapter 103 The hanging heart finally died
When you are young, you strive for academics, and when you get older, you start to strive for students.
Jiao Mingwu has no other pursuit now, he just wants to find a perfect successor. Xu Qingzhou is already at this level in his freshman year, and his future prospects are limitless.
Gu Zhizhong said with a smile: "Don't tell me yet, I really have this plan."
"Lao Gu, you have several proud disciples. I finally came across such a good young talent. How dare you snatch it away?" Jiao Mingwu was not in the mood to drink tea.
Seeing that his old friend was anxious, Gu Zhizhong waved his hand and said comfortingly: "She is only a freshman, and it is still early for her to go to graduate school. It would be better for the two of us not to worry about her first."
"Besides, Xu Qingzhou's heart can't calm down yet, so he needs to exercise first."
"Impatient? Young people should be more energetic. Otherwise, do they want their eighteen or nineteen-year-olds to be the same as us old guys in our fifties and sixties?"
Jiao Mingwu and Gu Zhizhong have different views.
Gu Zhizhong smiled and shook his head. If he was a little more energetic, why would he worry so much? He sighed and asked, "Do you know what he is studying recently - Kramer's conjecture."
"What are you studying?" Jiao Mingwu was stunned for a moment, wondering if he was old and had heard wrongly.
Gu Zhizhong nodded helplessly: "Yes, this little guy is working on Kramer's conjecture now."
This time, it was Jiao Mingwu's turn to be silent. After taking a sip of tea, he nodded and said with a wry smile: "That's indeed a bit young and energetic."
Kramer's conjecture.
If you divide mathematical problems into levels.
In the first echelon, there are seven world-class problems such as Hodge's conjecture, Poincaré's conjecture, Riemann hypothesis, Yang-Mills existence and mass gap, etc., which are known as the "Seven Major Mathematics Problems in the Millennium World". The solver of each problem can receive a prize of US$1 million, which is also a hot topic in the current mathematics community.
The second echelon must be the three major mathematical problems in modern times in the world, namely Fermat's last theorem, Goldbach's conjecture, and the four-color problem.
The third echelon, such as the Abc conjecture, Coraz conjecture, Artin conjecture, these also attract mathematicians to pursue.
The fourth echelon, such as the honeycomb conjecture, the perfect number conjecture, etc., has a slightly "simpler" proof process.
The fifth echelon consists of some slightly difficult math problems, and there are a lot of them.
Kramer's guess is rather embarrassing. According to his algorithm, it is probably between the fourth and third echelons.
Although this conjecture is not in the front echelon of mathematical problems and is far behind popular research topics such as the Poincaré Hypothesis and the Riemann Hypothesis, it is still a big problem that troubles many mathematicians.
In the past hundred years, no one has solved the problem. Countless researchers have tried to prove or disprove it, but to no avail, and there is no hope.
As a result, this conjecture faded out of people’s sight.
The study of the difference between adjacent prime numbers has always been a matter of great concern to number theorists, and Kramer's conjecture is about studying the difference between adjacent prime numbers, so its importance is self-evident.
Some people even say that solving Kramer's conjecture is as valuable as solving the Riemann hypothesis.
However, Jiao Mingwu has always been in a good mood. He drank tea and said slowly: "It will be good after this age. We were not the same at that time. I remember that when you were in your twenties, didn't you also want to solve the Coraz conjecture?"
"It's been decades, why are you still mentioning this?" Gu Zhizhong coughed dryly, looked out the window, as if recalling the past, and murmured: "It's because I have been through a lot before that I know this kind of pain."
Mathematicians are like a group of treasure hunters. They are deeply attracted by this mathematical puzzle and constantly analyze, reason, and try to unlock the secrets behind it.
The discovery of every clue and the overcoming of every problem is like a victory on the treasure hunt, bringing mathematicians closer to the hidden treasure - the truth of mathematics.
In this process, the truth sometimes seems to be within reach, but when you have overcome all difficulties and dangers, and see that it is about to be revealed, you realize that you have entered a dead end.
This kind of despair is unacceptable to many people. It’s also easy to knock confidence.
Gu Zhizhong laughed at himself, and after adding a cup of tea to his old friend, he sighed a little: "However, there is no harm in being adventurous when you are young. Let's not be so anxious."
Library, 3rd floor.
Xu Qingzhou sat for about half an hour, put down his pen, rubbed his wrist and rested.
Opposite her, a girl was writing with her head down, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, her collarbones delicate, and a few strands of hair beside her forehead, occasionally hooked behind her ears with her hands.
It looks really good.
Xu Qingzhou clicked his tongue, even though he saw it often, he still felt amazed.
After being stared at like this for a long time, Song Yao couldn't help it anymore, raised her head, and asked angrily: "Are you here to read a book or are you here to see me?"
"Both." Xu Qingzhou admitted frankly while still looking at her.
Song Yao ignored him, wondering when did this guy become so thick-skinned.
After taking a rest, Xu Qingzhou planned to take a sip of water and took out a water cup from his bag, only to find that the water in the cup was gone.
Just as he was about to stand up, a white and tender hand handed him his cup.
"The water heater on the third floor is broken. You need to go to other floors to get water." Song Yao said softly, raising her chin, indicating that Xu Qingzhou could pour it into his own cup.
Xu Qingzhou was not polite, took it, and poured half a cup into his own cup.
The pink cup has some wolfberry, red dates and the like soaked in it. Unlike Xu Qingzhou who pours it cold and boiled, it is quite delicate, with a hint of sweetness, refreshing.
Xu Qingzhou nodded and whispered in a low voice: "The tea is good, let me share it."
Song Yao glanced at him and uttered two words: "No."
"mean."
"Spit out what you just drank before saying these two words."
In the distance, the tall boy sighed, and his hanging heart finally died.
Originally, he had a glimmer of hope that the two of them would be friends, but now they have started drinking a glass of water.
On the third floor, like him, countless boys began to feel heartbroken.
At 5:20 pm, Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao went to the farm restaurant for dinner.
Walking out of the library, Song Yao glanced at the news and said, "My other roommate wants to come over. You met Zhang Qiong last time. You should remember that she was at the student union in the afternoon."
Remember, how could you not remember?
Xu Qingzhou narrowed his eyes. This girl had scolded him "bloody" in the morning. This time she shouted that she wanted to come and have dinner with them. She was probably afraid that he would "cheat" Song Yao and come to monitor her.
The two quickly arrived at the entrance of the farm canteen.
After a while, Zhang Qiong, carrying a white schoolbag, arrived in a hurry. When he arrived, he gave Xu Qingzhou a hard look with a warning.
(End of chapter)